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Not everything was perfect, but I found a pretty good rhythm and felt I could go a lot to the net and I felt really good on the court, actually.

Former world No. 1 Justine Henin was among Wednesday’s first-round winners at the $4.5 million BNP Paribas Open tennis event.

Elena Baltacha fought back from a set down to beat American Julia Boserup in the first of two qualifying rounds for the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.

Havant & Waterlooville’s Westleigh Park ground could be Portsmouth’s new home if the club goes into liquidation.

The 22 year-old Russian advanced to the last four with a 6-2, 7-5 victory over the British No 1, ending the eighth seed’s seven-match winning streak.

Top-seeded Russian Maria Sharapova beat No. 8 seed Elena Baltacha of Great Britain, 6-2, 7-5, to move into the semifinals at the $220,000 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships & the Cellular South Cup tennis event.

Top seed Maria Sharapova of Russia dispatched eighth seed Elena Baltacha of Britain 6-2 7-5 in the quarter-finals of the WTA Memphis event but Anne Keothavong is into the semi-finals. It was another commanding performance from Sharapova, who has yet to drop a set in Memphis, as she claimed a nip-and-tuck second set by breaking […]

Anne Keothavong reached the Cellular South Cup semi-finals in Memphis with a 6-4 6-3 victory over Karolina Sprem.

MEMPHIS: Top seed Maria Sharapova continued her march through the WTA Tour event here on Thursday, reaching the semi-finals with a straight-sets victory over Elena Baltacha.

Elena Baltacha joins her fellow Briton Anne Keothavong in the last eight of the WTA Cellular South Cup in Memphis.

Anne Keothavong continued her dream WTA Tour comeback with a 6-4 6-3 victory over Karolina Sprem to reach the semi-finals of the Cellular South Cup in Memphis.

Top-seeded Russian Maria Sharapova eased past American Shenay Perry on Monday at the $220,000 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships & the Cellular South Cup tennis event.

Britain’s Anne Keothavong beat Kristina Barrois of Germany in the first round of the Cellular South Cup in Memphis.

Elena Baltacha has reached the final of the ITF event in Michigan, United States with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Poland’s Marta Domachowska.

Britain’s Anne Keothavong is through to the quarter-finals in her first tournament since recovering from a serious knee injury.

Guernsey’s Heather Watson and doubles partner Anne Keothavong have lost in the first round of the Dow Corning Tennis Classic in Michigan.

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SARAH Borwell and Elena Baltacha produced a magnificent fightback to beat Olga Govortsova and Tatiana Poutchek 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 and help Great Britain defeat Belarus 2-1 in their Europe/Africa Group 1 Fed Cup tie in Lisbon.

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Elena Baltacha’s heartening run at the Australian Open came to an end as Dinara Safina showed just why she is ranked the world’s second best female player with a performance that underlined the difference between good performers and excellent ones.

Elena Baltacha admitted she had been handed a tennis lesson during a straight-sets stuffing by world No 2 Dinara Safina.

Well, she may yet. But a double fault on break point down - for the third time today - sees the British number one go a break down .

The last time a British player faced Dinara Safina, she did not win a game. The whitewash was inflicted on Anne Keothavong in the first round of the French Open last summer and had a far bigger impact on her than even seemed possible at the time.

Back in action: Anne Keothavong has battled back after missing most of last season with ruptured knee ligaments Photo: PAUL GROVER The land of Wimbledon, the birthplace of the Davis Cup, is so far off the pace in that tournament that a search party should be scrambled to locate the team.

It is, in theory, the start of the story that British tennis has been awaiting for decades: an authentic working-class hero emerges from the inner city to become a champion and change the face of the sport.

British No. 2 Alex Bogdanovica s career looks in jeopardy after the 25-year-old was told he is one of eleven players cut from the list to receive the highest level of support from the Lawn Tennis Association next year.

Alex Bogdanovic, the 17-year-old revelation of the National Championships, is due to play Arvind Parmar, six years his senior, in the men’s singles semi-finals today.

Retirements and injury add to woes of already struggling British game after only first-round whitewash in history of championships John Roberts British women’s tennis is rapidly becoming the dodo of international sport.

Anne Keothavong has been included in Britain’s Fed Cup team for the Europe/Africa Zone round-robin event in Lisbon in February.

WHAT a difference a year makes just ask tennis ace Elena Baltacha. The Paisley player was on the verge of hanging up her racquet 12 months ago as a string of injury problems left her languishing well down the world rankings.